Iron ore price down on demand uncertainties

China’s iron ore imports dropped in 2021, down 4.3% from the previous year’s record annual high, as steel production curbs dented demand.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 14, 2022 | 2:57 am

China 2021 copper imports slip after previous year’s record high

Imports of unwrought copper and copper products for the year totalled 5.53 million tonnes, down 17.2% from 2020's record volume of 6.68 million tonnes.

Reuters | January 13, 2022 | 7:43 pm

China 2021 iron ore imports retreat from record on steel curbs

Steel production curbs imposed to combat pollution dented demand and pulled prices of the key steelmaking material off historical highs.

Reuters | January 13, 2022 | 7:39 pm

RANKED: Top 20 EVs of 2021 – costs jump as lithium, cobalt, nickel prices surge

Ranking of world’s 20 best selling electric cars and their battery metals show automakers grappling with soaring raw material prices.

Frik Els | January 13, 2022 | 4:47 pm

China hurt most by Indonesia’s move to keep nickel at home

Indonesia has played a key role in global markets as a bulk materials supplier, but President Joko Widodo has pledged to eventually stop exports of all raw commodities to turn the country into a major manufacturing hub for electric transportation.

Bloomberg News | January 13, 2022 | 10:49 am

WATCH: BlackRock says boom could last decades as copper price tops $10,000

“We’ve got decades worth of high rates of investment into infrastructure as the world seeks to decarbonize. That’s a widely held consensual view."

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 12, 2022 | 6:32 am

Nickel price storms to 10-year peak on supply worries

Nickel was the top performer among industrial metals, which also rallied as worries eased about economic growth in top metals consumer China.

Reuters | January 12, 2022 | 6:09 am

EV industry moving in right direction to close gap with internal combustion engines – report

According to IDTechEx, electrification is inevitable as is the EV industry’s focus on environmentally friendlier materials and supply chains, and safer products.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 12, 2022 | 6:06 am

Supply squeeze risks are pushing lithium price higher and higher

Lithium has burst into 2022 with a fresh price spike that hands electric-vehicle makers more warning of even sharper cost pressures to come.

Bloomberg News | January 12, 2022 | 4:08 am

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